3 cheers to the not having insulation I can't feel my face or hands crew :)
There are some real characters in my class, but the school doggos are the best bois.
Everyday of school brings me closer to my dream 🙌
The Daily Chair. I've been working on the second chair and am going to put on the cover this evening. In the meantime I'm waiting for the weather to warm up a little so I can finish staining the the wood chairs. Here's a preview of the first with just one coat of stain and varnish, the seat is removeable. I think it looks not too bad.
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I scored in the 75%-100% \ 4th quartile on my CASPer (the ghost) test when I had covid which means I scored better than 75%-100% of the other test takers. The test must have been held in a cemetery for me to be able to do that well.
Caught a pretty cloud tonight. Have to jump on it quickly otherwise we'll be without a rave choon and Out of Time
Brrrrr 🥶
0.2, "feels like" -1.8 here. No wonder it was such a struggle to get out of bed.
Edit: damn, gone down to -0.2, feels like -2.3
1.4 feels like -2.1 fuck this shit
I just can’t get onboard with the whole run/walk thing. Kath and Kel Knight just reside in my brain and overpower any legitimacy the sport may have.
I want Glen robins back on tv. If he could do a revival of Russell Coight show I would be so happy.
You just made me picture Glenn Robbins and merely picturing the man in any of his various guises is enough to make me laugh inwardly.
I’m feeling like shit on so many levels.
Homelessness, mental illness, Australia being unequal for vulnerable people
There’s an aggressive mentally ill homeless man that’s been coming around my place for ages and now he’s sleeping on a bench right outside my window.
So I get to be too scared to put my bin out and he gets to freeze because it’s not safe for me to approach or help him.
Hate the guy’s guts (he’s aggressively had a go at me before and is virulently homophobic) but I don’t want to watch him freeze or have to deal with him.
I’ve been calling the cops for months, psych triage, the local homeless services, nothing has been working.
The best I have is from today - Launch agreeing to pass a ‘sleep site’ on to their outreach team to check. But they don’t come out at night and I don’t know where this scary stranger goes in the day. He also drinks which might exclude him from dorm style shelters (which don’t apparently exist in Australia the way you think of them?) and may also not have the awareness to accept help.
It’s just one of those deteriorating revolving door situations that never ever gets solved. Australia’s systems are broken. Very surprising for a so called rich country.
Can you somehow make the bench unusable? I get that might be considered cruel but you shouldn't be scared in your own home or to be able to step out of it.
@melbaboutown @LowExperience2368 Huge hugs.
There were signs up around the apartment block where we live recently warning about a homeless guy who had been trespassing, and to call strata and the police if you see him.
Just from the photo, he looked creepy AF!
Apparently he spent a couple of nights in the basement carpark, and cut power to the building's alarm system one night. (The strata managers only found out after they reviewed the CCTV footage.)
And anyone angry and drunk shouting homophobic slurs is always scary.
So I can definitely relate to how you must be feeling!
You're doing the right thing by trying to help. But I agree it really is shameful how much our pollies have cut the social safety net these past 40-odd years (and both major parties are to blame!). It means people who need help often don't get it.
Take care, stay safe 💜
some people are so paranoid they would rather die than be sociable or accept help
so many hugs, it sucks but we can't fix the world
I was so close to a "fuck it all" frozen chips purchase for dinner tonight but I think I'll make that tomorrow's, since tomorrow is when I really will be done with the week and ready to collapse.
Got leftover dahl for tonight, guess I'll make some rice and do a side of stir fried frozen veg.
On the topic of cooking, I bought a tube of Mutti 51% tomato paste mixed with aromatic veg (carrot, celery, onion) the other day. That has been really useful for making quick sauces. Lasts a month in the fridge once opened. Made a delicious napoli sauce in no time yesterday with a tin of tomatoes.... Definitely a repeat purchase. Could be useful for pilafs and curries and stews
My plans for a chicken schnitzel burger were destroyed by my lack of a burger bun. I had a few long rolls so made a chicken schnitzel sub instead. It's weird how a different shaped roll makes a completely different meal.
A pixel 6 pro phone case fits perfectly over the base plate for things like light switches.
The call nurse button here has a constant bright blue light that's very distracting. The room is almost dark with my phone case over it
Morning all! Only woke up twice last night, which is pretty good for me 🙂 Have a great day everyone!
Lately I've been indulging in Bakers Delight's custard teatimes. It's like a pull-apart that consists of soft fluff mini bread scrolls joined together and infused with a delicious creamy custard and a delectable sticky icing and dusted with desiccated coconut topping (like a Boston bun).
Can be enjoyed anytime of the day but somehow tastes better late at night when everyone has gone to bed. Luckily I have a regular dealer who can hook me up with a discounted loaf at a moments notice (provided she's working that day).
Here's what's left of last night's session
Crook kid means day off. Sadly he is infectious but not actually “crook” so it’s gonna be a loooooooooooong as day solo parenting a hyper toddler
Is anyone else getting condensation and mould on their windows?
What do you prefer using to clean it, and are boxes of baking soda a good cheap substitute for the moisture absorbing tubs?
I air the house out with the screen doors locked but between the cold and other people I can’t have things open all the time.
Clothing rambles
Stocked up on socks and jocks thinking I was getting the previous kind I liked. The lower elastic digs into your bum and there has been fabric saving creep in the cut - those ‘boylegs’ are definitely just midi briefs now, and those have turned into bikini. The socks fit ok but the thin fabric will probably get holes in weeks to months.
Ok, dude has ignored the cardboard I ‘accidentally’ left out as an insulation layer and refused to engage with cops on a welfare check. Anything else I leave out for warmth would possibly be interpreted as some kind of encouragement or invitation so isn’t really safe to do. (This guy is an aggressive threatening sleaze and highly unpredictable.)
I found another local outreach number so will try that tomorrow
@LowExperience2368 I've got 15 minutes to wait for a compulsory company-wide Zoom call.
Not enough time to make headway on any of my tasks for today, but too ling to do nothing.
How's everyone else's day been so far?
Thank you Low for making today's thread. 😘
Gratitude thread.
Grateful for the sun :)
Grateful for people thinking of others and having situational awareness on the bus. Bus is crowded. People get on and the students give their seats up for the elderly. More people get on, including a couple of people with walkers. The most spry of the elders give up their seats for those people. People move down the back without the driver having to do their lolly about it. Very civilized all round.
I'm grateful that the lawn mower worked. That grass never stood a chance once I remembered you have to start it neutral.
Hullo
I was excited to learn that up to two men can now compete in synchronised swimming team events, but disappointed to discover that there are no such athletes competing in Paris. Maybe LA28?
Thanks for making the post. I saw there wasn't one at about 10 past, but I don't want my notifications going off all day so left it
In other news, YIL (Yesterday I learned) there's a remind me bot here. Technically it's on Mastodon, but it works here through federation: https://aussie.zone/comment/10817925
License renewal acquired. Was quick as. Pro tip, get there 15-20m before they open
Out and about for work today in the hills, beautiful sun, with a colleague, STILL feel completely brain dead... I hate this feeling
ONYA JESS!!! 🥇 🇦🇺 🦘 👍
(Do you know how hard it is to not shout the fucking house down at 2am?)
Anti-gratitude thread
I swear, if I don't sleep well tonight, I will riot.
The only time I'm thankful for a bus, when they have the heater on 🙌
I can almost feel my fingers again. Shame on me for losing ONE of my gloves at a pub. 😭
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